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Siauliai

(Encyclopedia)Siauliai shēouˈlyī [key], Ger. Schaulen, Rus. Shavli, city (1993 pop. 147,800), N Lithuania. It is a rail hub and has railroad repair shops. Siauliai is also a major tanning, shoe-manufacturing, an...

Neman

(Encyclopedia)Neman nyĕˈmən [key], Ger. Memel, Lithuanian Nemanos, Pol. Niemen, river, c.580 mi (930 km) long, rising in central Belarus, SW of Minsk. It flows generally W to Grodno, then N and W through S Lithu...

Baltic states

(Encyclopedia)Baltic states, the countries of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, bordering on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea. Formed in 1918, they remained independent republics until their involuntary incorporat...

Taurage

(Encyclopedia)Taurage tourägāˈ [key], Ger. Tauroggen, town, W Lithuania, on the Yura River. Dating from the 13th cent., Taurage belonged to Prussia from 1691 to 1793, when it passed to Russia. It was incorporate...

Kaunas

(Encyclopedia)Kaunas kouˈnäs [key], Pol. Kowno, Rus. Kovno, city (1993 pop. 429,000), in Lithuania, on the Neman River. It is a river port and an industrial center with industries producing machinery, chemicals, ...

Kovno

(Encyclopedia)Kovno: see Kaunas, Lithuania.

Klaypeda

(Encyclopedia)Klaypeda: see Klaipeda, Lithuania. ...

Schaulen

(Encyclopedia)Schaulen: see Siauliai, Lithuania. ...

Shavli

(Encyclopedia)Shavli: see Siauliai, Lithuania. ...

Vilna

(Encyclopedia)Vilna: see Vilnius, Lithuania.